Bertram Kostant has been given the Wigner medal for “his fundamental contributions to representation theory that led to new branches of mathematics and physics”. The Wigner medal is designed to “recognise contributions to the understanding of physics through group theory”. via the EMS on Google+

The Hermann Weyl prize has been awarded to Vasily Pestun “for his groundbreaking results in the study of supersymmetric gauge theories, such as his ingenious computation of partition functions that led to the discovery of rich connections between four-dimensional and two-dimensional quantum field theories.” The Hermann Weyl prize provides “recognition for young scientists who have performed original work of significant scientific quality in the area of the understanding of physics through symmetries.” via the EMS on Google+

Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman have been given the Association for Computing Machinery’s Turing award in recognition of their contributions to cryptography. Their paper “New Directions in Cryptography” introduced public-key cryptography and digital signatures to the public; the Diffie-Hellmann key exchange protocol allows two parties to generate a shared private key over an insecure channel.

Finally, please nominate someone for the Royal Society Athena prize. The Royal Society Athena Prize is awarded for “individuals or teams, working in UK academic and research communities, who have contributed most to the advancement of diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) within their communities”. Nominations close on the 29th of March.